My ex-colleague Gary gave me this recipe and I'm so pleased he did! This tea bread is dense, moist (there I said it!) and the dates and the walnuts give it add some wonderful crunch and chewiness. The [Read More]
Makes about 20 cookies I love relief teaching and have embraced the spontaneity of waking up each morning and wondering if I'll be called into work or not. The only thing I don't like is that it's [Read More]
Serves 12 This cake has real chocolate both in the cake and the icing, so in my opinion, that makes it twice as nice! This cake will always have a special place in my heart (and my tummy) because [Read More]
Serves 10-12 What do you do when life gives you lemons? I make lemon cake. When I was back in the mother country recently, we had an excess of both yoghurt and lemons so making this cake was [Read More]
This is the only birthday cake recipe you'll ever need. It's super easy, keeps it's shape and tastes all kinds of delicious! I think it was Julia Childs who said "a birthday party without [Read More]
I've been fan girling over Bill Grainger for years and this has to be my favourite Bill recipe - it makes perfect buttercream every single time! I first gave it a go when I made Bill's Cake for a [Read More]
Cuts into 16 squares You just need a handful of pantry staples to whip up this no bake fudgy chocolatey biscuit slice! I think I found this recipe in an old magazine. It's one of those totally [Read More]
Serves 8 generously Now that I'm a wannabe minimalist, I might be less about the gift giving but I'm all about the fuss making, and more to the point, cake making because as Julia Childs once said [Read More]
Makes about 24 (depending on size of your cutters) I love Nigella for so many reasons, and one of them is that she collects cookie cutters, as do I. I haven't counted how many I've got but let's [Read More]
Makes 12 Hooray for Nigella and these marvellous muffins! I know the idea of a baklava muffin is mad... but make them, and you’ll be glad! It’s a multi-texture tasty delight; crunchy, gooey, sticky [Read More]
